Reiji and Taiken ran as fast as possible through the snow. There was a giant wall around the entire prison that was standing between them and freedom.
The guards were already alerted and ordered to kill on sight. However, blinded by the prospect of modern technology they were equipped with muskets, inaccurate weapons. There was a ballista on one of the towers. After a few shots were fired off the guards realized they would struggle to hit Reiji and Taiken with the muskets.
The whole story was that muskets needed to be implemented into the defense of the prison to hold Reiji in. What the guards weren't informed about was that it was specifically because of Reiji. The ballista used metal bolas but under the false feeling of security, the guards decided they would fire their muskets until a shot eventually landed.
Once he and Taiken got close enough to the wall Reiji punched through it and ran through with Taiken. He felt Taiken's wide eyes on his back, no one, not the guards nor Taiken were expecting to see a man punch through a stone wall today.
Their next destination would be the mountain in the distance. Even though the guards were surprised they kept firing. Taiken looked back and saw the guards were running around in the tower that had the ballista, seemingly arming it.
"He is outside, just as the fortune-telling ritual foresaw."
A young woman in skinny black jeans, a purple shirt with long flared sleeves and a piece of purple cloth that covered everything below her eyes spoke. She had black hair tied back into a messy bun. Her hands were interlocked in front of her while she was slightly bent forward, as if bowing.
"Thank you, my dear student. Now go retrieve him."
Said a middle aged woman with medium-length, layered hair that's mainly black with purple highlights, styled in a slightly messy, windswept way.
Her eyes were a striking violet color. The outfit she wore was a long, fitted white dress under which was a black layer that covered her entire body neck down.
"Understood, mistress."
The girl in the purple shirt said before she put her hands to her side and lifted them slightly, taking off of the ground and flying after Reiji.
"Reiji! They're arming the ballista!"
Taiken yelled. Reiji looked back and saw it. After a few moments the ballista was aimed and the metal bola fired. Reiji quickly stopped and grabbed Taiken's hand, pulling him in so that he would be protected by Reiji's body.
Before the bola was able to hit them, a wall of snow was kicked up. The amount of snow thrown up into the air caused everything around them to be obscured.
"Hello, mister Kurozuma and the unwanted guest."
The lady in the purple shirt walked into view. Reiji immediately stepped forward to protect Taiken. Taiken wasn't having it and pushed Reiji to the side, stepping forward so they'd be side by side.
"You forget who's older."
Taiken said.
"My name is not for you to know but you can call me purple for simplicity. I am a student of the formidable mage Yoruha Kageyama. I humbly request for you to come with us Reiji Kurozuma."
"Who?"
Reiji asked quickly. The woman in front of him almost let out a sigh.
"Lord Fujioka's friend."
"Ohhh, alright. We're going."
Reiji said. Taiken's head snapped towards Reiji.
"What? I'm not following. Who the hell is Lord Fujioka?!"
"Excelent."
Purple said before they quickly flew up into the air and traveled onto the roof top of the prison where Yoruha was waiting. The guards just watched in awe. Yoruha eyed Reiji for a moment before a smirk formed on her lips.
"Quickly, give this seal your mana and let's get out of here."
Purple quickly walked over to the teleportation seal on the roof that was drawn with chalk, serving as an outline for her to trace with her mana. She gave it a dose of her mana and it started to glow and move.
Taiken seemed very shocked by what just happened. He looked at Reiji, who wasn't too surprised.
"What's happening?" Taiken asked.
"Magic." Reiji answered simply.
The portal opened and Yoruha gestured to go inside. Taiken hesitantly walked through, followed by Reiji and Yoruha, purple going last before the portal closed.
A white cloak was watching all of this from a safe distance with a spy glass. He laughed before putting it away.
"Fly, little bird. Someone as remarkable as you shouldn't be used as a mere research subject."
The man spat the words research subject with utter disdain.
The four of them appeared in Lord Fujioka's garden. Yoruha was wearing the bracelet with the green stones that pulsed faintly for a moment before they stopped.
Reiji and Taiken looked around while purple was watching from the sidelines with her hands behind her back, watching them. They were on someone's property, since there was a mansion that looked weirdly familiar in the distance.
"Are we safe?" Taiken asked. "Yes." Yoruha answered. While Reiji admired the snow covered land, Taiken lifted him up and threw him into the snow.
Taiken let him get up and they started fighting. There were no punches or kicks but more of a wrestling fight. Taiken grabbed Reiji who tried to immediately pry him off but was quickly grabbed in a different place and thrown back down into the snow.
Yoruha watched in amusement while purple watched them carefully with a slightly embarrassed look that only Yoruha could pick up on. After all, purple wasn't someone to mess around, preferring everything was done fast and properly.
"You are Taiken Kurozuma, aren't you?"
Yoruha asked. The two brothers didn't stop fighting, completely ignoring her. This caused purple to get slightly angry. While Reiji and Taiken were both on their feet, gripping each other and hoping to throw the other one down, snow erupted between them, making them fly apart and land into the snow.
"Tch, who are you to interfere with our personal matters?!" Taiken screamed.
"My mistress asked you who you are and you shall answer, otherwise I'll deal with you myself." Purple said, looking up at them with a death stare.
Reiji stood up along with Taiken. "Only I get to beat up my brother." Reiji said.
"So you are brothers. You can calm down, my dear student."
Yoruha said. Reiji then noticed a familiar man approaching them. It was Lord Fujioka.
"Yoruha, you should've given me more information ahead of time. How am I supposed to react to "We're dropping into your garden."? And you, Reiji, what happened?! I'm an old man. You want to give me a heart attack?"
Reiji pointed to Taiken. Lord Fujioka and Taiken exchanged looks before Lord Fujioka extended his hand to him.
"I'm Fujioka."
"I don't trust a man who can't give me his full name."
Taiken replied. Lord Fujioka sighed and gave everyone a look before he gestured to his mansion.
"We have a lot to go over and a lot to fill you in on, Reiji and…?"
"Taiken Kurozuma."
Yoruha said. Taiken let out a tch at her which caused purple to instantly glare at him. All of them started walking towards the mansion except Reiji and Taiken. Reiji slapped Taiken on the back, which caused Taiken to punch Reiji in the face. This time, Reiji was ready and already reinforced himself with his life force. Taiken shook his hand in pain while Reiji stood there unfazed.
"I hate when you do that." Taiken said before they started walking. After a few steps Reiji spoke.
"Just to be fair, I don't remember Oldies' name either. I'm starting to think his first name might actually be Lord."